Tuscola County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Deitz, John ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joann Geybels j.geybels@skynet.be October 7, 2009, 9:07 am Cemetery: Ellington Township Cemetery Name: John Deitz Date Of Photograph: August 3, 2009 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/photos/tombstones/ellingtontownshi/deitz86736nph.jpg Image file size: 74.7 Kb JOHN DEITZ 1838 – 1905 John Deitz (December 11, 1838 – 1908) was born in Germany and came to the United States with his parents when he was about eight years old. He moved to Michigan in the fall of 1856. John Deitz was married three times. His first wife was Melvina (Mallory) Deitz (October 4, 1848 – April 24, 1868), daughter of Vanranseler Nelson “Nelson” Mallory and Mary (May) Mallory. John and Melvina had one child, Damon S. Deitz (April 4, 1868 – August 5, 1930). On May 1, 1869, John married Melvina’s sister, Elizabeth (Mallory) Deitz (January 10, 1852 – August 21, 1877). John and Elizabeth had five children: James Bradley Deitz (1870 – May 1941), who married Maude Edith Lazelle; Lucy E. Deitz (December 7, 1871 - ?); John H. Deitz (December 23, 1873 - ?), who married Helen Gertrude “Gertrude” Hooper; Tinnie Deitz (April 1, 1876 – February 14, 1877); and Fannie Deitz (January 27, 1877 – February 14, 1877). In February 1880 John Deitz married his third wife Mary L. (Davis) Deitz. John and Mary had no children. John Deitz is buried in Block 1, Lot 41 of Ellington Cemetery. Also buried on this lot are his first two wives Melvina and Elizabeth, his son Damon S. Deitz, and his daughter Tinnie Deitz. The square top of the family monument has fallen from its base and is lying on one of its sides so any inscription that may be on that side is not visible. Each of the other three sides contains an inscription; one for John’s wife Melvina, one for his wife Elizabeth, and one for his daughter Tinnie. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/tuscola/photos/tombstones/ellingtontownshi/deitz86736nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb